| detection, isolation and confirmation of crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus in human, ticks and animals in ahmadabad, india, 2010-2011. | in january 2011, human cases with hemorrhagic manifestations in the hospital staff were reported from a tertiary care hospital in ahmadabad, india. this paper reports a detailed epidemiological investigation of nosocomial outbreak from the affected area of ahmadabad, gujarat, india. | 2012 | 22616022 |
| serosurvey of crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus in domestic animals, gujarat, india, 2013. | crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf) is a tick-borne viral disease that causes a fatal hemorrhagic illness in humans. this disease is asymptomatic in animals. cchf was first confirmed in a nosocomial outbreak in 2011 in gujarat state. another notifiable outbreak occurred in july, 2013, in karyana village, amreli district, gujarat state. anti-cchf virus (cchfv) immunoglobulin g (igg) antibodies were detected in domestic animals from the adjoining villages of the affected area, indicating a cons ... | 2014 | 25229708 |
| genetic characterization and molecular clock analyses of the crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus from human and ticks in india, 2010-2011. | a nosocomial outbreak of crimean congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf) was reported among humans in ahmadabad district, gujarat, india during january, 2011. in the present study we provide the complete genomic sequences of four cchfv isolates derived from two human patients and two pools of hyalomma anatolicum ticks during the period of this outbreak and the complete s segment sequence of two retrospective human serum samples, positive for cchfv in 2010. sequence-based molecular characterization of the ... | 2013 | 23195573 |
| emergence of crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever in amreli district of gujarat state, india, june to july 2013. | crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus (cchfv) etiology was detected in a family cluster (nine cases, including two deaths) in the village of karyana, amreli district, and also a fatal case in the village of undra, patan district, in gujarat state, india. anti-cchfv igg antibodies were detected in domestic animals from karyana and adjoining villages. hyalomma ticks from households were found to be positive for cchf viral rna. this confirms the emergence of cchfv in new areas and the wide spread o ... | 2014 | 24211848 |
| crimean congo hemorrhagic fever: requires vigilance and not panic. | crimean congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf) has been in the news with reports of its outbreak in india from gujarat. cchf is caused by a virus which is a member of the nairovirus genus of the family bunyaviridae. all of these viruses are transmitted by either ixodid or argasid ticks. humans get this infection after a bite of an infected tick or from one infected human to another by contact with infectious blood or body fluids. workers in livestock and agriculture industry, slaughterhouses, and veteri ... | 2011 | 21751625 |